Venue: TTK Auditorium, The Music Academy, TTK Road, Chennai
Date: 23 Dec 2006
Organizer: The Music Academy
Flute Trio: Sri N. Ramani, Sri R. Thyagarajan & Sri Atul Kumar
Violin: Sri H.K.Venkatram
Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan
List of songs:
1) karuNimpa (varnam) - sahAnA - Adi - tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA(O)
2) gam gaNapatE - hamsadwani - Adi (tisra gati) - harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavatar (OS)
3) tyAgarAja yOga vaibhavam - Anandabhairavi - tisra Eka - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (AS)
4) nannu brOvu - lalitA - misra chApu - syAma sAstri (AS)
5) nenarunchinAnu - mALavi - Adi - thyAgarAja
6) nE pOgaDa kunTE - varALi - kanDa chApu - thyAgarAja (AS)
7) O ranga sAyi - kAmbOji - Adi - thyAgarAja (AST)
8 ) rAgam tAnam pallavi - kIravANi - kanDa tripuTa (2 kaLai)
kalpana swarams in kIravANi, brindAvana sArangA & kAnaDA
9 ) venkaTAchala nilayam - sindhubhairavi - Adi - purandaradAsa
10) bhAgyada lakshmi - srI - Adi - purandaradAsa
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)
A melodious recital from the very old and fragile-looking but still in form Sri Ramani. To me the best part of the concert was when Sri Ramani beautifully delineated the raga kIravANi. It was a totally unhurried approach.
It would have been good if at least some kind of announcement had been made by the artists regarding the compositions they were playing. It would have helped the audience at large enjoy the concert better.
Source: http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2006/12/ ... y-chennai/